Album for holding disk records



Jan. 19, 1943. R. FENTON 2,308,871

ALBUM FOR HOLDING DISK RECORDS Filed April 16, 1941 Patented Jan. 19, 1943 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,308,871 I ALBUM FOR HOLDING DISK RECORDS Randolph Fenton, Baltimore, Md.

Application April 16, 1941, Serial No. 388,893

3 Claims.

This invention relates to an improved album for holding disk records, and has for its object to provide an album in which a number of disk records can be held without danger of falling out of the envelopes and being broken and which are protected by pieces in each envelope extending around each record and resting one above the other so that when the album is closed the cover thereof rests on said protecting pieces and prevents any weight being against the records in the album and renders them impossible of breakage.

The invention consists of the novel construction and arrangement of the'parts and combination of parts hereinafter more fully set forth in the following specification and pointed out in detail in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawing- Figure 1 is a plan view of the album with the top cover folded open, the said cover being broken away.

Figure 2 is an edge View of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is an enlarged section. on the line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a section on the line 4-4 of Figure 2, the same being on a reduced scale.

Referring to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification, and in which like reference numerals designate like parts throughout the several views thereof, I designates the cover of the album between which is secured at one end a number of envelope 2 each open at the upper end and having a\central cut out 3 through which the title of the records contained therein can be seen, and a flap l which folds over the open end of the envelope. The envelopes 2 each have comparatively thick pieces 5 at the inner end and pieces 6 at the open end. These pieces 5 and 6 are secured td'one wall of the envelope and are so placed that they form a circle in which the records fit and are as thick as, or slightly thicker than, the records and when the album is closed they rest one upon the other and prevent any pressure on the records and consequently render them unlikely of breakage While in the album. The flaps 4 prevent the records from falling out of the envelopes, but should one of the flaps be torn off or not folded over the opening of the envelope, the record therein could not fall out when the album is closed owing to the thickness'of the pieces 6. The records can be placed in the envelopes or removed therefrom through the open side and when in the envelope rest in the circular recess formed by the curved pieces 5 and 6.

It will thus be seen that should the album be dropped with the records in it, or in case of any pressure on the cover of the album, the records would not be broken owing to the pieces 5 and 6 between which they are held.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. An envelope for record albums having a transverse opening at one side thereof and a central opening, and a number of curved pieces secured to one inner wall of the envelope and forming a circular recess in which the record rests.

2. An envelope for holding disk records having a transverse opening at one side and a central opening, a flap ,at one side of the transverse opening, and a number of curved piece secured to one inner Wall of the envelope and forming a circular recess for holding a record in the envelope.

3. An envelope for holding disk records having a. transverse opening at one side thereof and an integral flap adapted to fold over said opening, and a number of pieces secured to one inner wall of the envelope and each having a curvature which when the pieces are secured in the envelope cooperates with the curvatures of the other pieces to form a circular recess in which the records fit and are held.

RANDOLPH FENTON. 

